@RedsInFour We've seen other teams use this technique to acclimate a reliever to the majors. Brewers and Cardinals did it a lot.
Will that work for the Reds who don't have much success doing much of any player development? I don't know. Doubt it, but I hope I'm wrong.
@brahma_n@unusual_whales I would like if Asia split into a 2 or more sub federation. East and west Asian. Maybe even include OFC in a southern east Asian federation.
@CBoxTrace I'd say it's a little unfair to lump Friedl into this. The Reds got a few solid years of production put of an undrafted free agent. More than anyone could hope for. Jury is out on Marte. The rest? Bleak.
@HeyGingersaurus The Rob Manfred dream! A bunch of flawed teams who hang around with sub .500 records and hope for a 3 game win streak in September to eek themselves into a first rub drubbing at the hands of the Braves, Brewers or Dodgers.
incentivize mediocrity and you'll just get more it.
@RedsDaily4 My theory is someone in the front office saw how much dWAR affect some players overall WAR. They then believed that they could acquire some cheap WAR on the market and have a higher team WAR/$ ratio than other, similar teams. They wanted a team built for WAR efficiency.
@AmandaStewartAZ@neoavatara You'd think the MAGA fan base deep down might actually want an answer! If they are going to debate with folks over stolen elections for years, they'd probably want some talking points to fall back on. Trump can't even be bothered to recite some pablum.
@RedsDaily4 Reds get 3 at home to a 22-37 team and immediately punt the first game. It feels like every year, the super deep rotation is depleted by June and "Brett Kennedy" is starting games.